Authority Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Our government is an agency of delegated and strictly limited powers. Its founders did not look to its preservation by force; but the chain…

— Jefferson Davis

“Government in and of itself is the foremost agent for destroying order and imposing chaos." "To accept the legitimacy of the state is to…

— L.K. Samuels

“The possibility of a question of this nature, proves the necessity of laying the foundations of our National Government deeper than in the mere…

— Alexander Hamilton

“A democratic state begins from the assumption that most of those who gravitate toward power are mediocre and probably immoral. It assumes that we…

— Chris Hedges

“Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle. Aristocracy ruins itself by limiting too narrowly the circle withing which…

— Will Durant

“So take something that's been happening in recent years: devolution―that is, removing authority from the federal government down to the state governments. Well, in…

— Noam Chomsky

Democracy is one person, one vote and a full discussion of the issues that affect us. Oligarchy is billionaires buying elections, voter suppression and…

— Bernie Sanders

Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is…

— Michael Badnarik

We need to change the power structure in America, we need to end the political oligarchy.

— Bernie Sanders

A democracy when put to the strain grows weak, and is supplanted by Oligarchy.

— Aristotle

We have a duty to look after each other. If we lose control of our government, then we lose our ability to dispense justice…

— Doris "Granny D" Haddock

Least of all shall we preserve democracy or foster its growth if all the power and most of the important decisions rest with an…

— Friedrich August von Hayek